Why It's Amazing

Part of the world’s largest ancient imperial tomb complex —part of a mostly unexcavated necropolis 6 km (4 mi) square!

One of the top archaeological finds of the 20th century

2,200 years old! — It dates back to the uniting of China under one emperor, who's buried there.

The largest find of its kind (about 1,800 different life-size statues have been uncovered)

Incredible detail: 175–190 cm (5'9–6'3) tall, every one different in gestures and facial expressions, some even with color showing

All have single-edge eyelids! Legend says the First Emperor had single-edge eyelids, so all his Terracotta Army were made with them.

"The Eighth Wonder of the World"

Named: September 1978

By: French President Jacques Chirac

Quote: "There were Seven Wonders in the world, and the discovery of the Terracotta Army, we may say, is the eighth miracle of the world. No one who has not seen the pyramids can claim to have visited Egypt, and now I'd say that no one who has not seen these terracotta figures can claim to have visited China."

A Top China Tourist Sight

Terracotta cavalryman and horse

In the top 10 China sights for international tourists to visit

Visited by over 70 heads of state:Former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Wilson Reagan, Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Alfred Kissinger, Former U.S. Vice President Walter Frederick Mondale, Denmark's Queen Margret II, Former German Chancellors Karl Carstens and Helmut Kohl, Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II,Former Japanese Prime Minister Ohira Masayoshi...

First Emperor Qin's Tomb

Treasures: Unexcavated, it may contain vast wealth. Historian Sima Qian (135–86 BC) wrote it contained 'a world with mountains made of gold, stars represented by pearls, jewels, and flowing rivers of mercury'.